# tartaruga
## Galician
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tartaruga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taɾtaˈɾuɡa/ [t̪aɾ.t̪aˈɾu.ɣ̞ɐ]
* IPA: (standard) /taɾtaˈɾuɡa/ [t̪aɾ.t̪aˈɾu.ɣ̞ɐ]
* IPA: (gheada) /taɾtaˈɾuħa/ [t̪aɾ.t̪aˈɾu.ħɐ]
* Rhymes: -uɡa
* Rhymes: -uɡa
* Rhymes: -uħa
* Hyphenation: tar‧ta‧ru‧ga

### Noun

tartaruga f (plural tartarugas)
* turtle, tortoise
    Synonym: sapoconcho

## Italian
### Etymology

From Late Latin tartarucha, feminine form of tartaruchus, a mythological spirit of Greek origin, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, “inhabitant of Tartarus”), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Compare French tortue, Spanish tortuga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tar.taˈru.ɡa/
* Rhymes: -uɡa
* Hyphenation: tar‧ta‧rù‧ga

### Noun

tartaruga f (plural tartarughe)
* turtle, tortoise
* tortoiseshell (carapace of a tortoise)
* (military) testudo (Roman military formation)
* (cooking) type of bread roll having a pattern of criss-cross incisions
    Synonym: pane tartaruga
* (colloquial) Clipping of addominali a tartaruga (“six pack”).

#### Derived terms

* tartaruga azzannatrice (“snapping turtle”)
* tartaruga embricata (“hawksbill turtle”)
* tartaruga marina (“sea turtle”)
* tartaruga verde (“green turtle”)

#### Related terms

* tartarughina

#### Descendants

* → Galician: tartaruga
* → Portuguese: tartaruga
* → Spanish: tartaruga

#### See also

* testuggine

### Further reading

* tartaruga in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* tartaruga in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* tartaruga in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* tartaruga in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* tartarùga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* tartaruga in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* tartaruga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* targatura

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tartaruga, from Late Latin tartarucha, feminine of tartaruchus, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, “inhabitant of Tartarus”), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros, “Tartarus”).
Sense 3 comes from the shape of a cat's eye that resembles a turtle shell.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /taʁ.taˈɾu.ɡɐ/ [tah.taˈɾu.ɡɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /taʁ.taˈɾu.ɡɐ/ [tah.taˈɾu.ɡɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /taɾ.taˈɾu.ɡɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /taʁ.taˈɾu.ɡɐ/ [taχ.taˈɾu.ɡɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /taɻ.taˈɾu.ɡa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɐɾ.tɐˈɾu.ɡɐ/ [tɐɾ.tɐˈɾu.ɣɐ]
* Rhymes: -uɡɐ
* Hyphenation: tar‧ta‧ru‧ga

### Noun

tartaruga f (plural tartarugas)
* turtle (any reptile of the order Testudines)
    Synonyms: (Brazil) quelônio, (Portugal) quelónio, testudíneo
    Hyponyms: cágado, jabuti, tartaruga-marinha
* (strictly) sea turtle
    Synonym: tartaruga-marinha
* (colloquial) cat's eye (traffic retroreflective device)
    Synonyms: tachão, olho de gato
* (figuratively, colloquial) a slow person

#### Derived terms

* tartaruga-cabeçuda
* tartaruga-da-amazônia
* tartaruga-de-couro
* tartaruga-de-galápagos
* tartaruga-de-pente
* tartaruga-do-amazonas
* tartaruga-do-mar
* tartaruga-marinha
* tartaruga-matamatá
* tartaruga-oliva
* tartaruga-verde
* tartarugazinha
* tartarugazona
* tartarugona
* tartaruguinha

### Further reading

* “tartaruga”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “tartaruga”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “tartaruga” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “tartaruga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “tartaruga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “tartaruga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tartaruga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taɾtaˈɾuɡa/ [t̪aɾ.t̪aˈɾu.ɣ̞a]
* Rhymes: -uɡa
* Syllabification: tar‧ta‧ru‧ga

### Noun

tartaruga f (plural tartarugas)
* turtle (any reptile of the order Testudines)
    Synonyms: tortuga, quelonio
* (figuratively, colloquial) (a slow person)

#### Derived terms

* tartarugo